Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE)

DRIE is a rent program that helps eligible disabled persons living in rent-controlled, rent-stabilized, or Mitchell-Lama apartments freeze their rent and be exempt from future rent increases. A tax credit will be given to landlords of DRIE tenants to make up the difference between the frozen rent and what the tenant should be paying. Only certain apartments qualify for DRIE. Qualifying apartment types are shown on a client’s lease or the front of his/her building.